The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male by Valerio, Max Wolf
The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male by Valerio, Max Wolf

The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male

Max Wolf Valerio crafts a raw, gripping, and poetic account of life before, during, and after injecting...
$42.25 AUD
$42.25 AUD
SKU: 9781580051736
Product Type: Books
Please hurry! Only 432 left in stock
Author: Max Wolf Valerio
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Subtotal: $42.25
10 customers are viewing this product
The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male by Valerio, Max Wolf

The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male

$42.25
The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male by Valerio, Max Wolf

The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male

$42.25
Author: Max Wolf Valerio
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

Max Wolf Valerio crafts a raw, gripping, and poetic account of life before, during, and after injecting testosterone. Valerio's detailed observations about a lesbian transitioning from female to a heterosexual male highlights the physical and emotional differences between women and men, and alternately challenges and confirms readers' assumptions about gender.

Valerio presents his story in three parts: the height of his transition, in which he witnesses his own increased energy and sex drive while struggling with gaining confidence in his male self and bearing witness to his own demise as a woman; life before testosterone, when as Anita, a self-identified lesbian out for fourteen years, he confronts startling moments of awareness of a deeper, earlier dream of who he really is; and life after testosterone, when the experience of living in the world as a man is at once a homecoming and a confirmation that male behavior is at least partly rooted in biology.

The Testosterone Files addresses the most fundamental issues of transitioning, from buying men's underwear to choosing a male name, as well as the profound subjects of male privilege, physical power, and existing as a male who was once distrustful and critical of men's intentions.

Valerio's honest and forthcoming opinions on gender, identity, and self-perception comprise the core of this intensely personal and absorbing narrative which grapples with the tough and complex issues that emerge in a world whose assumptions about gender binaries are being increasingly challenged as more people openly self-define across the gender spectrum.



Author: Max Wolf Valerio
Publisher: Seal Press (CA)
Published: 05/04/2006
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.14h x 6.42w x 1.03d
ISBN: 9781580051736


Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/01/2006 pg. 55
Booklist 06/01/2006 pg. 31

About the Author
Max Wolf Valerio is a trans man, and a mixed Blackfoot/Sephardic poet, performer, and writer. He has appeared in a number of documentaries, including the Max short in Monika Treut's Female Misbehavior. He featured in several feature films, including Unhung Heroes, in which he plays a pansexual artistic transman who dreams of exhibiting sculptures of his penis, and Gendernauts. Valerio's writing has been published in This Bridge Called My Back (pre-transition under his former name, Anita Valerio), This Bridge We Call Home, Male Lust: Pleasure, Power, and Transformation, Transgender Care, Body Alchemy, and The Phallus Palace.
Shipping & Return

Returns Policy

You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.

Shipping

We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.

When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.

Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.

Review

Related Products

Example product title
$42.25 AUD
$42.25 AUD
Example product title
$42.25 AUD
$42.25 AUD
Example product title
$42.25 AUD
$42.25 AUD
Example product title
$42.25 AUD
$42.25 AUD
Example product title
$42.25 AUD
$42.25 AUD
Example product title
$42.25 AUD
$42.25 AUD
Example product title
$42.25 AUD
$42.25 AUD
Example product title
$42.25 AUD
$42.25 AUD
Example product title
$42.25 AUD
$42.25 AUD
Example product title
$42.25 AUD
$42.25 AUD

Recently Viewed Products